[Home made .... sills/rock sliders?]

also ive got another problem

i cant weld :lol:

well it wont hold 2 tonnes lol

ill get someone who can to do it for me

cheers

mikey

p.s

any tips so i might be able to weld in the futre?

[Range Rover difflock Help!!]

Tee into the vacuum pump to brake servo pipe?

knowing oli personally I'm not sure his teeing skills would be safe.

my engine has a pipe from the top of the engine to a tee junction in the intake

I wasn't sure about this so I asked my father who said he thought it could be a vacum intake pipe??

im not sure and would have to inspect the difflock system and make sure that it is a vacum pipe.

tell you what oli

next time Andy and I come round well help you to have a look but I don't much about your daihatsu engine tongue.gif

Mikey

[Some help before either my temper or back goes pop!]

I was trying to achieve that with the transmission jack but I still had to stick my legs through the gaps in the floor to manoeuvre it, that has taken a toll bending down constantly.

How people do Disco transmissions or even a Defender without a transmission jack I do not know.

Now I am no wimp, although I am not quite the body builder chap of 2-3 years ago I still have some residual muscle

we used the tractor loader and chain on my old series 3

mikey

[How much lift do I need?]

you dont need to lift it in my view

it just makes it harder to get over bumps etc

which makes you as a driver more skilled the camel trophy ones were never lifted and they got everywhere they tried

if you want one have a 2" lift as any more can make the steering go wrong unless you get the relevant radius arms which costs upwards of £200

mikey

[Pulling to the left]

tha first thing i wud do is take wheels off and check all the brake pads, calipers, discs

mikey

[Discovery external roll cages??]

they are not as common as internal ones but theres an advert for them in LRM

try www.ppcages.com

on the ad it showed a disco II external cage but i am sure that theyll do 1 for disco I

either that or loads of companies make custom spec cages ans theyll make an external one for you but it might cost more.

mikey

[Discovery 2 steel modulars]

hi.

im not sure about the studs due to the unclear picture

but these wheels can be picked up relatively cheaply from lots of places

my favorite is paddocks in matlock.

these style wheels are deemed to be very good wheels. ive not used them but my friend has some on his buggy, and if you buy the right ones you can just use the standard land rover, def/RR/Disco 1/series nuts

[Smokey 300tdi]

white smoke=steam

could be headgasket??

if its bluey white you could be burning oil

mikey

[Flat tyre overnight]

take the wheel off and check the rim on both sides,

even the smallest bend in the rim of a tubeless tyre can let air out

mine did that and it went for a week after i did it before going down, then all of a sudden it went flat overnight

a BIG hammer can sort this, and you could use permanent tyre gunk just to be safe

mikey

[Offset defender wheels???]

there are 2 different offsets for defender steel wheels,

i had a 88" steel wheel on my disco for a while as a spare but had to take it off as the offste was too small and the tyre was ripping itself on the radius arm

88" steel wheels are the same as 90 i think so you should check if they are 90 or 110 steels

110 ones are fine because i use this as a spare a lot

mikey

[steering]

mine did that when i had it,

i thought that the belt was fine but i tightened it up as much as possible using a BIG crowbar and my heavy self and now it is fine.

mikey

[quick detatch towbar]

cheers for the offers but i havent really got amy money at the moment, are you holding on to it for now, because if so i could save up for it.

when i have payed off my debt for my new tyres i will see how much i have left

i might have some more in a secret stash

and how much would you sell the dixon bate one for??

how does it detach?? i would be grateful if you could take pictures

cheers

mikey

[misterious occasional clutch knocking???????]

every now and again my clutch tends to make a knocking noise when the gearbox is out of gear. it only does it occasionally and if you depress the clutch again and take your foot back off it stops knocking

i am trluy confuzed

any tips or ideas?

and should i be worried??

cheers

mikey

[What did you get for Christmas?]

i got 4 insa turbo special track 235 r16s

:)

mikey

not fitted though

[Driving Lights]

just thread your earth through the grille neatly and wrap it round the nearest screw, as the whole bosy is earthed then it will complete he circuit, but you may have to scratch a bit of the paint off around the screw to get a good connection,

i earthed mine through the relat mounting screw i used

mikey

[problems with fuel]

theres a metal fuel filter attached to the chassis right next to the rear drivers side wheel,

this can go rusty and let in air. it is quite a common roblem and my 200tdi disco haad the same problem when i bought it.

you can fix it by bypassing it as theres another filter in the engine bay so it is a bit useless really

i have done that and i havent had a problem since

mikey

[Disco 2 Questions]

the first kit is complete i think as the disco already has dampers.

the only thing being replaced really is the arispring

this kit has the relevant mount adaptors and the only other thing i would think you need is the spring

polybushes are very good, they arent reely that expensive either,

im not sure but i think that the blue ones are the off road ones

but it really depends on what youll do with your car the most

i hope ive helped you

mikey

[Help its my first landrover]

a swivel seal on a rear wheel????

dont you mean the halfshaft gasket??

theyre around 50p as i have just replaced mine,

its a 5 min job to do but cna be fiddly to get the halfshaft back into place

just unbolt the 5 smaller bolts on the hub and the whole thing slides out

slide the gasket over the halfshaft and down to the hub and put the halfshaft back in.

you might want to jack the wheel up as it makes it easier to line up the bolt holes again, make sure that the halfshaft goes all the way back into its place in the diff then re bolt it up and the jobs a goodun

mikey

[Dishearten Land Rover Owner]

could be the fuel lift pump??

mikey

[Disco 2 Wiring Diagrams]

http://green-oval.com/joomla/index.php?opt...3&Itemid=29

theres a link to the RAVE downloads. theyre free here

or you could buy them from places like Gaydon i think?

mikey

[Disco 2 Wiring Diagrams]

try a RAVE disc

i have 1 for the disco 1

it took me a while to get it set up and it confused me at first

when i did get it set up though it is very easy to follow and much better than a haynes manual.

mikey

[Turbo Problem ?]

hi

im not sure but if the engine is giving off smoke that means that the turbo bearing could have gone

it happened to my mates disco 300tdi and a similar thing happened.

take off the pipe and see if you can move the shaft side to side or up and down

mikey

[Home made .... sills/rock sliders?]

I wouldn't weld then directly to the vehicle although I suppose you could if you want to. How about welding tabs to the outriggers and then bolting the sliders to those?

Les.

good idea cheers.

amd what size box section should i use??

mikey

[quick detatch towbar]

hi,

i have recently taken my towbar off my disco as it hit just about anything i went over and gave me a useless depature angle.

i am now looking at aking myself a quick detach version,

it doesent have to be a very quick detach job, but i would like to save myself from taking the bumper on and off to put it on/off

any tips?

cheers

mike

[Home made .... sills/rock sliders?]

im also making my own rock sliders for my 200tdi

(cant upload pics of it)

i would also be grateful if you could give me some information and tips on how to mount it, would it be a good idea to weld to outriggers??

thanks

mike.